The comet C2013R1 (Lovejoy) was discovered on September 9th 2013 by the Australian hobby astronomer Terry Lovejoy. At the time of discovery the 14 mag comet was in the constellation of Monoceros near to the border with Orion. Here the comet is photographed on the night of December 15 th between 05:00 and 06:00 LT ( 03:00 – 04:00 UT). 3 x 60 sec. LRGB exposures. The bright star at the upper right corner (just spikes visible) is the 2.81 mag ζ Herculis. Other information can be found in the image's details table below.